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To: afraidfortherepublic

I thought the movie was excellent, and a wonderful recreation of 1961 LA, using the original locations (a triumph in ever-changing LA). Hate to disagree with him in this one review.


7 posted on 01/20/2014 5:08:32 AM PST by Moonmad27 ("I'm not bad, I'm just drawn that way." Jessica Rabbit)
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To: Moonmad27

I wish that the reviews would stop portraying this film as some light-hearted depiction of Disney films. It had a much more serious, poignent theme — the effect of alcoholism on innocent members of the family and others. And how it continues through the generations.

I read up on P.L. Travers who ended up having a very unhappy life. She basically disinherited her only child and left her money to to her daughter in law with a fixed allowance for her son.

It was only because of the grace, generosity, and perserverance of Mr. Disney that she had any money to leave at all.


10 posted on 01/20/2014 5:16:43 AM PST by afraidfortherepublic
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